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Summary

Develop the critical reading skills you need to complete college assignments with MAKING CONNECTIONS. This textbook uses actual textbook chapters, research articles and literary pieces as reading material to help you hone your critical reading skills.

Table of Contents

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Note to the Instructor

xvii

Note to the Student

xix

PART ONE Reading Skills

1

(2)

Unit 1 The Student's Role as Learner

3

(8)

Motivation and PQ3R

3

(2)

Preview

4

(1)

Question

4

(1)

Read

4

(1)

Recite

5

(1)

Review

5

(1)

Textbook Difficulty---What to Do

5

(1)

Metacognition

6

(1)

Learning Styles

7

(1)

Scheduling Your Time

8

(3)

Unit 2 Vocabulary Skills: Context and Word Part Clues

11

(18)

Understanding Textbook Vocabulary

13

(16)

Determining Meaning from Context Clues

13

(5)

Definition

13

(1)

Restatement or Synonym

14

(1)

Example

14

(1)

Details or Explanation

14

(1)

Comparison

15

(1)

Contrast or Antonym

15

(1)

Exercise 1: Using Context Clues

15

(3)

Determining Meaning from Word Parts

18

(6)

Prefixes

19

(1)

Roots

20

(1)

Suffixes

21

(1)

Exercise 2: Using Word Part Clues

21

(1)

Exercise 3: Using Context and Word Part Clues

22

(1)

Practice with Periodicals

23

(1)

Journal Entry

23

(1)

Textbook Link

23

(1)

Remembering Content-Related Terms

24

(5)

Using Meaningful Examples to Remember Definitions

24

(1)

Exercise 4: Using Meaningful Examples to Remember Definitions

24

(2)

Visual Aids as a Memory Tool

26

(1)

Exercise 5: Using Visual Aids to Improve Memory

27

(2)

Unit 3 Comprehension Skills: Understanding Passages and Graphics

29

(54)

Finding Main Ideas

30

(26)

Determining Stated Main Ideas

30

(2)

Placement of a Main Idea Sentence

32

(24)

Main Ideas in First Sentences

32

(1)

Main Ideas in the Final Sentences

33

(1)

Main Ideas Midparagraph

33

(1)

Exercise 6: Finding Stated Main Ideas I

34

(2)

Exercise 7: Finding Stated Main Ideas II

36

(2)

Determining Implied Main Ideas

38

(2)

Exercise 8: Determining Implied Main Ideas I

40

(2)

Exercise 9: Determining Implied Main Ideas II

42

(3)

Exercise 10: Determining Mixed Stated and Implied Main Ideas

45

(3)

Determining the Main Idea of Longer Selections

48

(3)

Writing a Summary of an Article

51

(1)

Sample Summary: ``Food Fight''

52

(3)

Practice with Periodicals

55

(1)

Journal Entry

55

(1)

Textbook Link

55

(1)

Determining Organizational Patterns

56

(13)

Organizational Patterns of Expository Writing

56

(13)

Example or List

56

(2)

Comparison or Contrast

58

(1)

Cause and Effect

58

(1)

Definition

59

(1)

Time Order

59

(1)

Classification

60

(1)

Exercise 11: Determining Organizational Patterns and Important Details I